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SunnyGirl
SunnyGirl Posts: 2,639 Forumite
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Hi All,

Apologies if this thread has been started already, I've had a look and can't see it. This is what we're having this week:

Monday - Pasta Bake

Tuesday - Sweet & Sour Chicken

Wednesday - Lasagne & Wedges

Thursday - Potato Cakes, Scrambled/Poached Eggs & Beans

Friday - Spaghetti Bolognese

Saturday - Minestrone Soup, Naan, Lemon Pudding & Custard

Sunday - Braising Steak, Roasties, Veg, Gravy & Yorkies

All homemade apart from the lasagne which is a whoopsied one that I bought and froze.

Breakfasts: Cereal (special offer this week at Mr A) or toast
Lunches: Soup, sandwiches, things on toast, leftovers.
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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,242 Forumite
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    Here's mine:

    Sunday – HG tomato, HG apple and celery soup, cheese, HM sun-dried tomato bread
    Chicken and HM pancetta pie, potatoes and veg (including HG sprouts, parsnips and carrots); HG baked apples and custard

    Monday – winter vegetable risotto

    Tuesday – red Thai quorn curry, naan, salad

    Wednesday – pasta bolognaise

    Thursday – quesadillas

    Friday – HM calzone, garlic dough balls, salad

    Saturday – HM broccoli and stilton soup, cheese, HM bread
    Friends for supper – spinach, pumpkin and goat’s cheese lasagne, salad; pineapple Pavlova, fruit salad, cheese board

    I have a fruit cake and sponge cake in the tin.

    Penny. x
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  • rachbc
    rachbc Posts: 4,461 Forumite
    Sun Roast chicken, stuffing and veg
    Mon Pie with the leftovers
    Tues Pasta arrabiata
    Wed sausages and wedges with veg
    Thurs Fried rice with veg and cashews
    Fri Fishcakes and peas

    Breakfast - homemade granola
    Lunch - bacon and lentil soup, minestrone soup, some kind of traybake
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  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    Thanks for starting the thread Sunnygirl!

    This week we are having:

    Sunday-Chicken, Roasties, Yorkies, Swede/Carrot Mash, Cabbage & Peas
    Monday-Sausage Cassarole & Baked Spud
    Tuesday-Fishfingers, Mash & Beans
    Wednesday-Hospital
    Thursday-Egg & Chips
    Friday-Lasagne & Salad
    Saturday-Curry

    Hope everyone has a great week.

    PP
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  • jtb2412
    jtb2412 Posts: 1,782 Forumite
    Thanks for the new thread :D :beer:

    Next week:

    Breakfast (Mon - Fri) - [strike]cereal or toast (need to use up some of my HM jam [/strike]:p )
    Lunches (Mon-Fri) - [strike]packed lunches for 5 (2 adults 3 children)[/strike]

    Dinners

    Mon - [strike]Lasagne (1/2 frozen from last week), HM wedges and peas[/strike]
    Tues - [strike]Sea Bass with a chilli and ginger sauce, Potato/cheese/onion cakes[/strike] Oh my word ! Delicious ! :p
    Weds - [strike]Chilli (1/2 frozen from last week) and jacket potato[/strike]
    Thurs - [strike]Sweet n Sour Pork[/strike] + jam rolly polly for dessert :D
    Fri - [STRIKE]Baked mackerel, mash and HM gooseberry chutney[/STRIKE]
    Sat - Breakfast: [strike]Cereal[/strike]
    Lunch: [strike]Scrambled egg on toast[/strike]
    Dinner: [strike]Roast lamb and all trimmings[/strike] - swapped from Sun
    Sun - Breakfast: [strike]Porridge[/strike]
    Lunch: [strike]Soup (not sure what kind yet, need to make some)[/strike] - ended up buying a couple of tins :o :rolleyes:
    Dinner: [strike]Lamb stew and dumplings[/strike], [strike]Microwave choc sponge pudding and choc sauce[/strike] - was having curry but enough lamb for another meal from yesterday :T

    Desserts: Bit hit and miss, depends on how we all feel but would be HM rice pudding, HM jam rolly polly or microwave choc sponge and custard :p

    Might have to swap around a bit depending on what's on.

    Have a great week everyone !
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  • xnatalie81x
    xnatalie81x Posts: 941 Forumite
    Sat - hm fish pie
    sun - roast chicken
    mon - left-over chicken in a curry with rice
    tue- sausage and mash or toad in hole and mash
    wed-bolognese
    thu- pasta bake
    fri-cottage pie
    sat- freezer raid (i have loads!!!!!)

    lunch hm chicken soup x 2
    cheese and mushroom omlette
    beans on toast
    egg on toast
    pasta bake
    cheese toasties
    + piece fruit and yog

    Son's paked lunch hm bread sarnie +tuna 4 days
    left-over pasta (bolog or bake depending)
    + fruit/yog/jelly

    Breakfasts: porridge/hm bread toast/ other cereals in cupboard.
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  • frugalswan
    frugalswan Posts: 339 Forumite
    Thanks for starting the thread :) Here's mine for the week:

    Saturday: Turkey Fajitas (got friends coming around)
    Sunday: Minced Beef and Onion Pie with Veggies
    Monday: Leftover Pie with Mash and Veggies
    Tuesday; At Mum's
    Wednesday: Farmhouse Omelette with Bread and Butter
    Thursday: Moussaka (with a couple of portions to freeze)
    Friday: Pasta All'Amatriciana

    Lunches will be sandwiches and leftovers for DH2B, and I'll have 1/2 a pack of cheapy noodles in a cup soup.

    x Frugalswan x
    Continually trying the Grocery Challenge. Gotta keep trying!
  • mineallmine
    mineallmine Posts: 3,053 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi, in no particular order (and some repeats from last week):

    · Ham salad sandwiches/rolls

    · Pasta carbonara

    · Roast duck crown, pots, veg, yorkies

    · Bubble & squeak

    · Sausage & mash

    · HM chilli with spicy Gordon potatoes

    · American turkey stuffing (using local sausages and Penny's recipe http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/american-turkey-stuffing,1211,RC.html
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    · Jamaican chicken curry (http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/610917 )

    · All day breakfast (eggs, bacon, sausages & potato wedges)

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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,242 Forumite
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    mineallmine wrote: »
    · American turkey stuffing (using local sausages and Penny's recipe http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/american-turkey-stuffing,1211,RC.html
    thanx.gif
    · Jamaican chicken curry (http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/610917 )

    You're very welcome - I've pinched your Jamaican chicken recipe in return :p looks yummy :T

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • FrenchMaid_2
    FrenchMaid_2 Posts: 262 Forumite
    Hello,
    here is ours:
    - Aubergine, chickpea curry with HM naan
    - Pea and Mint soup with potato cakes
    - HM pitta with couscous salad, HM falafel, yoguhrt suace und houmus
    - HM Pizza
    - HM Tagliatelle with tomato sauce
    - HM chickpea burger with red onion, pepper and coriander salad
    - Spinach dhal with HM naan

    Lunches
    Pasta salad
    Quorn burgers with sweetcorn salad
    Omelette
    Sauteed potatoes with cucumber salad
    Couscouls salad with cucumber and burger
    Cheese on toast
    Semolina dumpling soup

    Snacks
    Oranges
    Carrots
    Peppers
    HM Breadsticks
    Oat cookies
    Scones
    Victoria Sponge
  • angelnikki
    angelnikki Posts: 892 Forumite
    Hi! Our plan for the week is:

    Mon - Chinese

    Tue - HM butternut squash soup with HM bread rolls

    Wed - chilli, rice and salad

    Thu - double salmon pasta and salad

    Fri - veggie toad in the hole

    Sat - fish, chips and mushy peas

    Sun - chicken casserole with dumplings

    Have a good week everyone :)

    Nikki x
    :A
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